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World's Billionaires - #19

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Alsaud-Prince-Alwaleed

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud
Saudi Arabia    
$21.0 bil

  • The most active and successful investor in the Middle East took his investment vehicle, Kingdom Holding, public on the Saudi stock exchange in July 2007.
  • Kingdom Holding contains his investments in well-known companies such as Citigroup and News Corp., as well as Four Seasons Hotels and Fairmont Hotel management companies, among many others.
  • The share price of Kingdom Holding does not fully reflect the 45% drop in stock price of Citigroup, his largest investment, in 2007.
  • Alwaleed joined the Singapore government investment arm and several other investors in a $12.5 billion capital injection for Citigroup in January 2008; the size of his investment is undisclosed.
  • In the early 1990s, Alwaleed made a risky bet on Citigroup that paid off hugely; in recent years it accounted for nearly half his fortune.

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